Re: luminosity

Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Sat, 07 Jun 1997 23:35:56 -0400 (EDT)

On Sat, 7 Jun 1997, joseph wrote:

> I make carbon cuatrichromies for 10 years now. Yes, you can achieve a
> great deal of luminosity if you use baritade paper without silver and
> add two layers of tranparent gelatin on it before making the transfers.
> This way, the pigments reamins like suspended in the gelatin body and
> the light coming through them from the "back" enhance the luminosity.
>

Hi joseph,

They sound beautiful -- but I notice the gelatine is under not over the
print.

Did you ever add gelatine on top of the print?

Do you harden all that gelatine? In alum or glyoxal?

Do you use fixed-out photo paper or coat your own baryta?

Thanks,

Judy